Ruth Wang, 25, and Edward Bush, 27, may seem like buttoned-up types (she works for an NYC-based hedge fund; he's an MBA student at Yale), but for their July wedding in North Yarmouth, Maine, the couple embraced the opposite vibe. "Our jobs are our jobs. We wanted to show off who we are and what we're really about," says Ruth.

After briefly flirting with the idea of eloping, they decided on a laid-back celebration in Ed's home state. They exchanged quirky vows (promising to "always put toothpaste on each other's toothbrushes") and hosted a dinner party for 72 guests in a barn decorated with flea market-inspired finds.

"We were introduced as 'the newly married couple, Ruth and Ed," since Ruth kept her name," says Ed Bush. 'We walked out to 'Just the Way You Are,' by Bruno Mars. Everyone was clapping—it was really special."

After briefly flirting with the idea of eloping, they decided on a laid-back celebration in Ed's home state. They exchanged quirky vows (promising to "always put toothpaste on each other's toothbrushes") and hosted a dinner party for 72 guests in a barn decorated with flea market-inspired finds. The whole thing went off without a hitch, due in part to the cooperative weather. "I was obsessed with my Weather Channel app the week before, recalls Ed. "I took screen shots every few hours and tracked the forecast's evolution from 100 percent chance of rain to 100 percent chance ofsunshine." Adds Ruth, "Our wedding came out exactly as wehad imagined, and it felt like a miracle."

"Once we decided the wedding was going to be in a barn, the dress code became casual and light; my attire was mostly up to Ruth in terms of color, but I decided on the bow tie—and the socks were my idea," says Ed.

Their attendants—siblings and Ed's best friend—were told to wear light colors: "I wasn't going to subject the girls to the same dress; one was dusty purple, the other was silver—close enough," says Ruth.

"We trolled the Web and made a ten-page PowerPoint of what we liked: blue chairs, colorfulribbons," says Ed. And long tables are just more interesting. Every function you go to has round tables. We had a sweetheart table—no one got to sit next to us, so no feelings were hurt."